Francis J. Beckwith's Reflections on Faith, Ethics and Culture
Posted in family on Jan 27th, 2012
My mother-in-law, Peggy Dickerson, died two years ago today, on January 27, 2010. My wife misses her so much. What follows is the text of the eulogy I delivered at her memorial service. Eternal rest, grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them her. I would like to now say a few [...]
Posted in family, Return to Rome on Jan 20th, 2012
That is the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here is how it begins: Although we celebrate anniversaries on wedding dates, I am not writing to celebrate a wedding. That would be like ending the baseball season right after President Obama throws out the first pitch on opening day. No, I [...]
Posted in Catholic, Catholicism, conversion stories, family, Return to Rome on Nov 9th, 2011
My maternal grandmother, Frances Dimino Guido, was born today in 1913 (d. 2002). (To the right is a picture of her in the 1930s when she served as her niece’s sponsor for Confirmation. Below is a picture of my Grandmother and my sister, Lizzie, from the early 1980s, standing on the stoop of my Grandma’s [...]
Posted in family, Frankie Beckwith on Jul 10th, 2011
July 11 is the feast of St. Benedict. It also happens to be my 24th wedding anniversary. In my book, Return to Rome: Confessions of An Evangelical Catholic, I briefly discuss the significance of this day in the life of my wife, Frankie, and me (pp. 56-57): While in Vegas [during Spring Break, 1985] I became [...]
Posted in family, Return to Rome on May 25th, 2011
Today, May 25, 2011, my father, Harold J. Beckwith, turns 81! To the right is a picture of my Dad, me, and my brother Jim in front of our Mercedes Benz with Caesar’s Palace in the background. We were at Caesar’s having lunch following my First Holy Communion in May 1968. At the bottom left [...]
Posted in family, Frankie Beckwith, Joe Dickerson on Mar 22nd, 2011
Joseph A. Dickerson, Jr. died in May 2006 at the age of 86. Today would have been his 91st birthday. My wife, Frankie, still misses him, as she misses her mother, Peggy, who passed away in January 2010. At 5:30 pm today at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Waco, Mass will be said for the [...]
From Philosophical Fragments
